Author : Bruce Biggs
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9781869401191
The Maori language biographies of Maori who appear in The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vol 1.
Author : Jeff Evans
Publisher : Massey University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1991016670
This is the biography of the mighty ceremonial war canoe Ngatokimatawhaorua that rests on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi.The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Herangi. In the late 1930s the Waikato leader held a dream to build seven waka taua for the 1940 centennial commemorations at Waitangi. By 1937 two waka had been commissioned. Carved in Northland under the guidance of Pita Heperi (Te Tai Tokerau) and Piri Poutapu (Waikato), Ngatokimatawhaorua was one of them. But it was to be many decades before the true power of the waka to inspire a people was realised. In 1974 Ngatokimatawhaorua was refurbished by the late Sir Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi &‘ Hec' Busby for relaunching during Waitangi Day ceremonies. It was then that Te Puea' s dream turned into reality. By 1990, The Year of the Waka, 22 canoes and their 2000 crew gathered at Waitangi.Ngatokimatawhaorua and others became symbols of Maori unity and pride and an important part of the renaissance of the traditions of carving and voyaging around Aotearoa and beyond.
Author : Jeff Evans
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Boatbuilding
ISBN : 9780947506391
The author recounts the ancient history and modern renaissance of the war canoe, detailing types and parts of the vessel, building techniques, captain and crew roles, and paddling routines and instruction ... Waka taua is a valuable guide to this timeless expression of Maori identity and power"--Back cover.
Author : Dominion Museum (N.Z.)
Publisher :
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 50,16 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Anthropology
ISBN :
Author : Sue Abel
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,73 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781869401764
This is an unusual study of the way in which New Zealand television presents local news. It takes a well-known and often controversial annual event, the Waitangi Day commemorations, and explores in considerable detail how this has been handled from 1990 to 1995. As well as giving an illuminating picture of how television news is produced, it also offers insights into the way in which Maori issues are treated by mainly Pakeha news teams and the powerful if often unconscious shaping of attitudes towards race relations and biculturalism presented by television news programmes.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 38,76 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN :
Author : Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher :
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Polynesia
ISBN :
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
Author : Paul Monin
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1877242195
'This is My Place' tells the story of a vigorous Maori economy interacting with settlers and the government at the then capital of Auckland. It traces also Maori resistance to colonisation, wars and debt, and the eventual loss and confiscation of vast acres of Maori land. By 1875 the wealth of Hauraki was mostly in the hands of the newcomers: European settlers and their government.
Author : John White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 36,84 MB
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1108039634
Published 1887-90, this six-volume compilation of Maori oral literature, with English translations, contains traditions about deities, origins and warfare.
Author : Anne Nelson
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Looks at the origins and development of Maori canoes, the different types, the spiritual significances, their central role in Maori society and how this role changed with European contact. It describes waka racing in pre- and post-European times, explains how waka were manned, paddled, sailed and navigated around the New Zealand coastline, on rivers such as the Waikato and Wanganui and in the Chatham Islands."--Back cover.
